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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two, Scene One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Owen tells Yolland in Act 2, Scene 1, "You can learn to _____ us."
(a) Decode.
(b) Understand.
(c) Undermine.
(d) Become.

2. Who is the Justice of the Peace?
(a) George McAnderson.
(b) Michael Connelly.
(c) Hugh O'Connell.
(d) George Alexander.

3. In Act 1, Jimmy ask Manus who he would choose between whose three daughters?
(a) Homer's.
(b) Zeus'.
(c) Thor's.
(d) Dionysus'.

4. What is the salary Manus is offered at the new hedge school in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) 42 pounds a year.
(b) 25 pounds a year.
(c) 30 pounds a year.
(d) 50 pounds a year.

5. What language will the new national schools teach?
(a) Latin.
(b) Irish.
(c) English.
(d) English and Irish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the big machine the British soldiers take everywhere with them?

2. Who is Hugh's younger son?

3. In what language is Jimmy reading at the beginning of Act 1?

4. According to Doalty, there are two men up the road looking for whom in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. The Irish word "Druim" means what in English?

(see the answer key)

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